[verse 1] i will build a bridge over the troubled water for you the one that was here was weak and weary time had torn it down started little by little we can meet right in the middle we laugh about it later but it’s time for it now soon as all the work is done get old hands in harmony sit and talk and share the sun i know that you can feel it but it’s gonna take a feeling

[hook] it’s gonna get a little easier ohhhh, it’s gonna get a little easier ohhhh, it’s gonna get a little easier a little easier for you to understand

[verse 2] i want to build the bridges so that when the elders hear it it reminds us of that spirit that makes us all the same don’t give up on your children because of human nature we’ve got virtue, we’ve got vices what you’ve done is not in vain it don’t matter how long it’s been turn back the music on i want to dance with my father again i know that you can feel it but it’s gonna take a feeling

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[verse 3] i want to build a bridge between every sister and brother father and mother, friend and lover black, white and other, love one another i dare you to just do it it’s the only way to prove it if i promise to take the first step will you take the other? don’t you want to be certain of? don’t you want to know you’re free? you can come together over me i know that you can feel it but it’s gonna take a feeling